FOOTBALL'S JACK OF ALL TRADES BURKE IS LANCASTER'S PLAYMAKER FIRST-YEAR VARSITY PLAYER A STANDOUT FOR EAGLES ON BOTH SIDES OF BALL.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News LANCASTER - When Lancaster High football standout Taveon Burke has the ball in his hands, he usually isn't thinking four yards and a cloud of dust. ``I'm thinking it's game time, and it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for me to make a play for my team,'' Burke says with a smile. ``I'm thinking touchdown.'' Burke, a track standout who has emerged as one of the region's most dynamic playmakers Playmakers is a TV series on ESPN that depicted the lives of the players on a fictional professional football team. The show starred Omar Gooding, Marcello Thedford, Christopher Wiehl, Jason Matthew Smith, Russell Hornsby and Tony Denison. , has excelled in varied roles, including halfback half·back n. Abbr. HB 1. Football a. One of the players positioned near the flanks behind the line of scrimmage. b. The position held by this player. 2. Sports a. and cornerback. He's also a return specialist and designated punt and kick blocker. Burke was the hero of Friday's 35-34 overtime victory over Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. in a Southern Section Western Division first-round playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship when he blocked a potential tying extra point in overtime to seal the win. He also rushed for a career-high 175 yards (his previous best was 71). Lancaster's first road playoff victory in school history has the Eagles in the quarterfinals for just the third time. Lancaster (6-4), which is seeking its first semifinal appearance, plays host to Chaminade of West Hills (8-3) Friday at 7:30 p.m. Burke, who's in his first year on the varsity, is a track star who earlier this year won the Golden League's 100-and 200-meter dashes. He runs a 4.4 40-meter dash, and is a legitimate Div. I prospect, Lancaster coach Jeff Cortez said. Lancaster will count heavily on Burke's playmaking ability on both sides of the ball. His ability to help contain Chaminade's pass-oriented offense will be crucial. ``He's as dynamic a player as you'll see,'' Cortez said of Burke. ``Any time the ball's in his hands he can go the distance. He's looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the home run all the time, which makes it fun.'' Burke, a junior, has amassed 1,058 all-purpose yards despite limited touches. He's scored seven touchdowns, including one on a 55-yard run in the Beverly Hills game, and an 80-yard blocked field goal return in Lancaster's 49-14 Week 1 victory over Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
His 10 carries in the Beverly Hills game were a career high. ``Whenever I get the ball I have to make something out of it, because I really don't get the ball a lot,'' Burke said. ``I'm trying to get to college, so I have to do whatever I can.'' A look at Friday's other playoff games involving Antelope Valley-area teams: Western Division, Dominguez of Compton (10-1) at Highland (6-5), 7:30p.m. Friday. Upset-minded Highland has caught fire since an 0-4 start, winning six of its last seven games, culminating with Friday's 28-7 victory over Leuzinger of Lawndale. Crucial to the Bulldogs' turnaround has been the emergence of senior quarterback Kevin Bevans, who has had to adjust to a more balanced spread offense after running a predominantly run-oriented double-wing offense last season. Bevans has thrown for 1,423 yards and rushed for 471. He's been involved in 18 touchdowns (14 passing, four rushing). Dominguez, the Western Division's No. 1 seed, won the Div. III title last season and is a prohibitive favorite to win its second consecutive section title. The Dons are 35-4 over the last three seasons. Dominguez is primarily a running team led by Brandon Johnson Brandon Johnson (born May 5, 1983) is an American football player who currently is a free agent. On September 12, 2007 the Cardinals released him. On September 18, 2007 they re-signed him. (1,062 yards, 20 touchdowns). The Dons' last visit to the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley was in 2004, when they barely squeaked by Lancaster with 13-12 quarterfinal win. East Valley Division, Big Bear of Big Bear City (11-0) at Rosamond (8-3), 7:30 p.m. Friday. After finishing third in the High Desert League, Rosamond finds itself in the quarterfinals after an impressive 42-12 first-round win against Hamilton of Anza. The Roadrunners hope to parlay An open programming interface (API) to a service provider's network (the network operator), developed by the Parlay Group (www.parlay.org). By enabling the customer's application to talk directly to the network, it allows the end user to have greater access to network information as well that momentum against unbeaten Big Bear, a No.1 seed. The Bears are a physical running team whose average margin of victory is 23.8 points. The matchup is favorable for Rosamond for several reasons, however. The Roadrunners feature a more balanced offense, and are a more battle-tested team than Big Bear, which has been involved in just two games decided by fewer than 10 points. Northeast Division, Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. (10-1) at Brentwood of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. (7-4), 7:30 p.m. Friday. Traditional small-school power Boron seeks its second consecutive semifinal appearance. The Bobcats are a No. 2 seed in the Northeast Division. They went unbeaten in the Desert Mountain League for a third consecutive year -- an impressive accomplishment for a school whose enrollment is less than 200, especially after key graduation losses. Boron is coming off a 55-8 first-round thrashing thrashing: see threshing. Excessive paging in a virtual memory computer. If programs are not written to run in a virtual memory environment, the operating system may spend excessive amounts of time swapping program pages in and out of the disk. of Bell-Jeff of Burbank and has won 20 of its last 22 games going back to Week 3 of last season. Alpha co-champion Brentwood has won five of its last six games. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Lancaster's Taveon Burke ran for a career-high 175 yards in the Eagles' first-round playoff victory last week over Beverly Hills. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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